Prayers and Meditations — §738
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 738 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَأَنْتَ الَّذِيْ يا إِلهِي وَمَحْبُوبَ فُؤآدِي زَيَّنْتَ بِذِكْرِ هذَا الْيَوْمِ لَوْحَكَ الَّذِيْ ما اَطَّلَعَ بِهِ إِلاَّ نَفْسُكَ وَسَمَّيْتَهُ بِيَوْمِ اللَّهِ لِئَلا يُرى فِيْهِ إِلاَّ نَفْسُكَ العُلْيا وَلا يُذْكرَ فيْهِ إِلاَّ ذِكْرُكَ الأَحْلی،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art, O my God and the Exultation of my heart, the One Who hath adorned Thy Tablet, of which none is aware except Thee, with the mention of this Day which Thou didst call after Thy name, that haply none may on that day be seen save Thy most august Self, and naught else be brought to mind except Thy most sweet remembrance.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: for the sake of Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §465: no Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: Providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: Lord my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “beloved”, “well-beloved”, “best-beloved” (116 occurrences)
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 5% one 3% object 3% prized 2% thou 2% pleasing 1% love 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: heartsgleaningsGWB §453: the soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §522: their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: soulsgleaningsGWB §1: the human heart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: decked withfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §243: its vanitieskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: adornmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: and adornedthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: adorneth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: adorn
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: referredgleaningsGWB §251: awakenedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: be warnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: of the worldgleaningsGWB §39: all the dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: On a subsequent dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: in the Judgment Daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: Not long ago
tablet 42% tablets 38% scriptures 4% hath 3% symbolic 3% manifest 3% allusions 3% resplendent 2% shone 2% lawh 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: that thou mayest be made awarefire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §364: beingskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §488: and the Dawning-Placetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: mine owngleaningsGWB §29: my lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: souls ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: for Thy purposetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: none of whom
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “conferred”, “thou” (7 occurrences)
SE rendered وَسَمَّيْتَهُ (wasammaytah), بِيَوْمِ (bíawm), اللَّهِ (al-lah), لِئَلا (liʾalá), يُرى (yurى), نَفْسُكَ (nafsuk) as “call, that day, name, seen, most august Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: nightsgleaningsGWB §320: dreamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Many a nightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: nightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: night seasonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: in the night-seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-season
perceiveth 17% seen 17% seeth 8% reflecting 8% beholding 8% can 8% unseen 8% doth 8% maketh 8% assigneth 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: thou wouldst beholdfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §47: Methinks that thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: hypocriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: is putthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: We behold
SE rendered يُرى (yurى), نَفْسُكَ (nafsuk), العُلْيا (al-ʿulyá), يُذْكرَ (yudhkr) as “seen, most august Self, brought”
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweetfire-tabletFire §41: How sweet wasgleaningsGWB §591: the sweetestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: of its sweetnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: SweetergleaningsGWB §622: exquisite beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: enthralling
